I ron ing-machine



(No Model.)

G BINDER IRONING MACHINE.

Patented 061;. 6, 1396.

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

GOT'ILOB BINDER, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-IVIA'CHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,732, dated October 6, 1896. Application filed November 18, 1895. Serial No. 569,243. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GOTTLOB BINDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to an ironing-machine of the character known as body-ironers, in which the body of shirts and similar unpolished portions of garments or the like are to be passed between a heated iron and a revoluble roller, and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and arrangement of such a machine.

The principal object of my invent-ion is to provide a simple, durable, effective, and readily-adjustable ironing-machine adapted to permit of the ironing of the body and unpolished portions of a garment or the like.

My invention, stated in general terms, consists of an ironing-machine constructed and arranged in the mann er hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following descriptiomtak en in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of an ironingmachine embodying features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view on the line @o x of Fig. l, illustrating the construction and arrangement of the iron and the garment-roller, and Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the iron with cover removed to illustrate the construction and arrangement of the air and air and gas pipes.

Referring to the drawings, A and A represent the end frames of the machine. At the upper end of the frame A is pivoted an arm or lever a, carrying at one end the iron hand connected at its rear end to an extension d of the frame A', around which extension d is coiled a spring d', resting under the end of the arm ce. This arm a is aorded a range of movement on the extension CZ in up and down directions, but limited as to the extent of the upward movement by a nut d2, secured to the upper end of the extension d, as clearly illustrat-ed in Fig. l of the drawings.

'lhe iron h consists of a box or chamber h, the sides and lower end of which are formed by a casting b2, while the upper end is closed by a removable and perforated plate or cap b3, of the type such as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Within the chamber h' are located pipes h4 and h5, one at each side of the iron, perforated along theill under surfaces and connected to gas and air pipes D" and hl in such a manner that a mixture of the two elements may be fed to and discharged through the perforations in the pipes h4 and b5 into the chamber 1)' and ignited by the application of a match or lighted taper to the perforations in the plate or cover b5 to heat thelower wall of the stationary ironing -fsurface, consisting of plates of hardened steel hs, applied to the bottom plate of the casting b2. A perforated air-pipe blo, extending between the gas and air pipes b4 and b5, feeds fresh air to the jets issuing from said gas and air pipes. The perforations in the top plate or cover h3 not only permit of the lighting of the gas within the said chamber, but also afford the means for the escape of the products of combustion from the chamber h' during the burning of the gas therein for the heating of the same and for imparting such hea-t through the plates bs to the garment applied to a rotatable iron to be presently more fully described'.

' The smooth steel face plates bs, constituting the ironing-surface, are preferably secured to the angular bottom plate b9 of the casting h2 by means of screws b, the heads of which enter countersunk recesses 1112, provided in the plates bs, substantially in the manner fully illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Below the arm a and its iron b is located a roller e, the face of which is of soft material, such as felt or the like, covered with muslin or similar material. (Not shown.) This roller e is connected with a shaft d, held in the frame A by means of a sliding box e2, and to the frame A' byv means of a swivel-box e3.

-The shaft e is secured at the end opposite the roller to a gear-wheel c4. Between the roller e and the sliding box e2, on the shaft c', is mounted a collar provided with a rod e, the lower end of this rod being securedtoan arm f of a treadle f' in such a manner that when the treadle is depressed the rod e will be raised, thus elevating the roller e toward ICO the angular steel faces DS of the iron Z), and at the same time slightly lowering' the gearwheel e'. This movement of the shaft c' is accomplished through the swivel and sliding box connections hereinbefore explained.

Below the shaft E' and fixed in the frames A and A is a bar g, at the left-hand end of which and immediately below the gear eAl rotates a pinion g@ mounted on a sleeve g2, ro tating loosely on the bar g and connecting the pinion g with a gear-wheel g3. The gear c4 meshes with the pinion g', and when the gear e is slightly elevated by the action of the trcadle f' the gear c4 is still kept in engagement with the pinion g', the movement of the gear el being but slight. The gear-wheel g3 meshes with a pinion 7L, secured on a sleeve 7L', rotating upon a stud h5, projecting from the frame of the machine and connecting the pinion 7L with a driving-pulley h2. The bar h3 is longitudinally movable in the frames A and A' of the machine. On the stud h5 rotates a loose pulley 1'. The bar h3 slides through an aperture in stud h5, which forms one of the bearings for the bar, which is also supported at the other end in the frame and carries a belt-shifter h". Secured to the bar fr) is a vertical arm the upper end of which is perforated, as at it', and surrounds and slides upon the bar g as the arm fr. is shifted. The lower end of theV arm 7c is pivotally secured to one end of a link k2, the other end of which is pivoted to another arm f2 of the treadle j" in such manner that when said treadle is depressed the arm 7o is shifted to the right, thus actuating the belt-shifter 71. to the right, in which position a belt t, normally7 resting on the loose pulley 17, is shifted on to the driving-pulley h2, thereby rotating, through the sleeve 71.' and pinion 71, the gear g3 and its pinion g. Now, as hereinbefore explained, the downward movement of the treadle f raises the roller e into contact with the heated faces b3 of the iron, and at the same time, the gear c being mcshed with the pinion g', the shaft c' of the gear el, carrying said roller, begins to rotate.

IVhen the treadle is released, a spring m, coiled around the bar 71.3 and bearing, respectively, against the arm c and frame A, serves to shift the bar to the left, therebyactuating the belt-shifter 7a4 and causing the belt l to be shifted from thc drivingpulley 71.2 onto the loose pulley I. As the garment to be ironed is passed over the roller and between it and the stationary iron it will be ironed at the two points p and p', because the steel faces bs of the iron -are arranged tangentially to the curved surface of the roller. The steam arising from contact ol' the heated iron with the moist garment traveling around the roller c colleetsin the peaked chamber bis and readily escapes without satnrating the surface of the roller e or the garment.

lVhen the garment is wrinkled or seamed, the iron Z) will move toward or from the garment, the spring d permitting the adjustment of the iron, and holding its outer end downward in the direction of the roller c and in a planeparallel therewith. Moreover, the spring d' serves to compensate for inequalities of the fabric or different thicknesses of the article being ironed.

IIaving thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

l. In an ironing-machine, a roller, an iron consisting of a box or chamber having a removable, perforated plate or cap, pipes perforated along one of their respective sides 10- cated at the sides of the iron and connected to gas and air pipes so that a mixture of the two elements may be fed to and discharged through the perforations into said box or chamber toward the base thereof, said base, comprising two angular plates arranged to form a centrallyspeaked chamber above the points of contact of said roller therewith, to permit steam and moisture to collect therein and pass off therefrom without saturating the roller or dam pening the garment during the ironing thereof, means for actuating said roller, and a perforated pipe between the gas and-air pipes adapted to discharge fresh air toward the perforations of said gas and air pipes, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In an ironing-1nachine, driving and loose pulleys mounted on an apertured stud, a driving-pinion secured to and rotating with said driving-pulley,a movable bar adapted to slide through the aperture of said stud, a beltshifter carried by said bar, an arm secured to said movable bar, a link and treadle pivotally connected to said arm and adapted to shift the arm, bar and belt shifter in one direction, and a spring coiled around said bar and resting against said arm, said spring adapted to shift said arm, bar and belt-shifter inthe opposite direction, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLAS, THOMAS M. SMITH.

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